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Showers Would Hinder

«Mechanics Readying

Cars for Qualification

Johnnie Parsons and Rookie Mike Nazaruk Top 130 MPH Mark in Tryouts on Track

By BILL EGGERT Occasional light showers today was a major Speedway problem-—much more so than the mild case of so-called race car sabotage revealed late yesterday.

writer and therefore the sports reader never know how’ = hen Leo Durocher’s Continued rain would interfere with the work schedule many people see. Glants were sleeping : their of garage crews planning to have their cars available for One is the Derby. The other is the 500-Mile Race out way through an astonishing opening qualification trials Saturday at 11:30 a. m. Where, here. Promoters won't tell. : -11-game losing streak, he 15 cars ‘were believed to bey Actually that's precisely the point. If attendance fig- Dey ho for, night alter ready to go Saturday, the igh i Bal un TT ures were revealed one would Bight, Su now that thoy are WHAT'S COOKING ?—Driver Jimmy Jackson (white shirt) stops by the low slung Tuffanelii- number could “very well griver since he drove one of the

awake on the field, he slumbers

ances on the track. Two of the

The Press Box— top the other. As matters jike ‘an innocent babe. Derrico Special to exchange Speedway gossip with Driver Mack Hellings. The race car, new from dwindle to six or seven. Novis two years ago during speed o b ’a ts : the bottom up, is a front drive with a 270-Meyer-Drake engine. It is similar in lines to Mauri Rose's The tempo of pre-qualification tests on the flats. stand nobody knows for sure = They just can’t seem to get to- : ! an a 5} preyjiaiiicaJon ’ i : Pennzoil Special. preparation was accentuated yes > 2 » Lea y S (which does the more turnstile gether on their sleeping habits,! ~~ rw r———me — — terday as 16 cars put in appear- MIKE NAZARUK, who has

trade. It isn't a matter of promo- the boss and his boys, but: Leo

says this is the way he likes it

passed his driving test here, has

drivers, Johnnie Parsons and

ional jealousy. Bigness is sup- . chown the best speed progress tional jealousy Bigness 1S SUPT ow, and that it will be just fine Rookie Mike Nazaruk topped the among all pe Mow dhios oYysS qa 33 posed to have sales value. Hence, jt they keep it up the rest of the 130-mile-an-hour mark. He has jumped from the 120 mph : the studied mystery. season. Chet Miller was clocked at 133- toqr to 130. ° s #8 » He was radiant with joy after plus on one lap in the No. 18 Novi » Po a their latest uprising, a league Purelube Special. ; y Fak? H f m Stew TO THE innocent bystander the c.;cqn high nn both hits and runs JIMMY DAYWALT and Troy

By FRANK ANDERSON FRANK LEAHY'S worried.

He's in an Irish stew about

Irish coaches have shuddered

policy smacks of juvenility . in yesterday's 17 to 3 thrashing

“I'd have to buy that.” nodded of the Cardinals. Wilbur Shaw. Here's a three-time They banged out 21 hits. includwinner of the 500, who runs the Ing two homers by Rookie Catcher

way he showed me the figures for Dodgers downed Chicago, 5 to 4.

Winning Pitcher Barnhill Losing Pitcher

A New Wrinkle

Although their own investigation is termed incomplete, crew members in the Tom Sarafoff Spe-

Ruttman, each with a Midwestern . 50-lap feature victory to his credit, will renew their half-mile feuding on the Dayton high-bank Sunday. They will be in the field

football show for wealthy Tony Hulman Rafaet Noble, who also got two LEAGUE STANDI™GS cial garage said they helleved May 20, too, at the Salem, Ind. : ; . Terre Haute, old Yale end. “But fingles, driving in five runs. Al ATARI ATION giiere had. heen. some Of-tracki,,.ney The Master's been pessi- ynti1 the Derby people give out Dark hit a triple, double and two A a. onl sabotage eommitien we their A Ai sp: ‘ A ; ; : rl Thitev Kk ¢ Rubee 5 131 front-drive car that Norm Houser mistic before. They used to their figures we aren't going- to Jingles. rhitey Jockman vapped Dl a kee aty . : 11a ’ a9 2 I Avi RODGER WALL, 30, of Los 1 h h h t 1 t give out ours. singles ¢ > ms Minneapolis 12.10 .545 3'2 . Angeles, became the fifth fresh- : got a omer as every man in e 0.800 a v ne garage reported sand and BUSH When De sal awn 3B Shaw seems to fear that if he bor & 1h the Bo fAnaroLts nN Hh Hs i ie : ! man pilot to pass a driving test | the crying table and pulled out = ay k f starting lineup hit safely at least Columbus 9 13 429 _ 8 peanut shells were found on the = : g an Irish linen handkerchief. took the initiative the Derby peo- .. Si eB WT fuel filter yesterday after a shake- YéSterday. Ward, another of the y € ye . "\ * Bh 2 333 il2 JE ay d a Slik . Notre. Dame's ple would planaly ARpAce they Going Places ! NATIONAL LEAGUE _ down. Presence of the foreign in- sro of ans newcomers “representative ” drew 25,000 or 5 1000, more and “That was the kind of a day Boston Y % hr ss gredients sould he partly respon. a fn rahe ipime in teams had a - (such is America’s fetish for big- we'd been hoping for” he said, |S lous 10 8 BEG. Bp sible for Houser's lengthy three-2uto-racing, did a splendid job in habit of winning {ness in all things the appeal of his “Now ‘we're synared Lo he faa Brooklyn 12 1 © 24 day test to get the AAA’S ap- the Deck Manufacturing Co. i | in 2 : 2 5 STO ; ittsburgh | 52 ay tes : pice. every thing. {show might suffer. it looks like we're going places.” Philadelphia ~....... 11 1 .s0 2h proval of his front-driving abil- Special entered by Lou and Bruce { Leahy's laments { Shaw went further. He prae-. rmne evidence backed up the New York ........ 10 14 47 § ity. He previously had complained Bromme. Ward is no stranger ] were laughed at. [tically challenged the Derby peo- «qandy little manager,” too. They De ASeLlAN EASUE 350-8 that the car wasn’t functioning With speed. He flew P-38's for It may be dif- {ple to release their gate count. Jt ow have eight victories in their. ret net,’ IGE properly during his conversion Uncle Sam. ferent this fall. \wouldn’t be close,” he promised. 3st 10 games and are 7-2 against Wathineton ©0000 13 1 033 2 test. . 4 na The Irish will “We draw twice as many, close t0 the Western clubs which have Giyeiand 4 7 SL 2% 3 we Conversion test is a new Speed-| SEVERAL CARS experienced i match their pen- lit, anyway.” heen tough for all other teams in Detroi: 9 3 529 4 Sagi El v . > a A WX? way wrinkle whereby drivers, their first serious hard luck. The chant for green 3 2 2 ® the East to handle. Homeh 5 328 4 Ih ru ra A pag rd = i#.oy%. who have driven rear-drives and new Tuffanelli-Derrico Special, a with oodles we | 1 STILL fail to see much sense, In other National League Filadeiohia .... 5 18 238 10 FILL 'ER UP—Dick Palmer (left) and Bob Bash pump fuel into have Switened to Jeon dnives front aie or Mack Sings, Be 2 Anderson i ps Santpaversy, Diy JL, games, the Boson Braves ane RESULTS YESTERDAY the tank of the Palmer Special,’an Indianapolis entry in the 500- Ins RS ander ite Sy es: Yr nee eo aay 3 S any « c p Pp ¢ vedas, ( y eni . ; . 3 . . . . . § > § £ C - shown very little in spring Prac-'500 outdraws the Derby by a wide Vern Bickford; the Phillies Loy TWUCAY ASSOCIATION 3 Mile Race. Jacki Hokage, sn of ndianapols, is $ha driver, Rey. from front-drives to rear-drives. shaft bearing. tice. Offense is inoffensive. The margin. Just before Capt. Eddie downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 A eS ttiey i a VO tis Levrett qualified -the Soe +85l=Yoli 8 : San our Just Another Ti | CHff Griffith ~of Indianapolis defense is the thing. Rickenbacker sold the old Speed-to 5, in 10 innings, and the Jarvis Martin. Barnhiil 15. and Earls | LOSS of oil pressure forced it out at 97 laps. addy P wheeled in the Morris Special with

Miller's unofficial timing was a proken drive shaft.

i Hisne; Home Runs—Wright, Gilbert (2 Sent — at the sight of defenders cleating 41 or maybe it was '40. The ac- In the American l.eague. the INDIANAPOLIS at St. Paul, res. F 4 A ° S 3 } 4 | just another tip of the speed pos-| e spar to touchdowns with intercepted tual paid attendance exceeded Yankees heat Cleveland, 9 to 2; "Folede at Milwaukee, postponed, cold. orres jain e oO ur [sibilities for qualifications and : passes. When not scoring the 105,00 Even Matt Winn ‘never Detroit Whipped Washington, 4 to Somos, of mg-ga 0 + [the race. Whatever speed drivers. LEE WALLARD may wait un-

defense keeps the offense bottled, Leahy would rather see Hadaco bottled.

0. and the Athletics beat the Browns, 8 to 2, in 10 innings. The n

claimed that many for the Derby. The 500 is more than a speed

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Meland Court-

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Finisher Against St. Paul

in- til May 20 to qualify the No. 99 That's Owner

make unofficially can be creased a mile or two dn the offi- Belanger Special.

cial electrical timing device.

Murrel Belanger's birthday and

Red Sox-White Sox game Was chicazo : 2 FR ry - a — Brookivie—sx +—020-0603-00%—5H— rained ut, 2 Sehimitz. Lown (2), Klippstein (6+ LeonBickford two-hitter ard (#7) and Owen. Burgess (4); Van Cuvk. {ing (2) and Campanella: Winning Pitcher King er—Lown

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orgy set _down in a picturesque 8

setting. It is a vast open air | laboratory from which all the modern refinements and inno-

Times Special ST. PAUL, Minn..."Ma¥ 10 Righhander Forrest Main will go

Inside of a week, the Millers have moved from fifth .place to third place in the

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~Fall is four months and several temperature drops away. Lots of things can happen in the mean-

Novi-Owner Lou-Welch hasn't the same date that Duane Carter . changed his stand concerning new qualified one of his race cars here qualification records for the last year. Wallard has been

tossed a

against the Reds for his fifth vie- Association

ation game last night. Three Kan-! Mechanic Al Birch

(10 Innings)

Losing Pitch to the mound for the Indianapo- i so. Green ; ; ix St. Louis . 0 = 5 2 . standinos , i Novis flirting with 130-mph. time; Leshy DO r. Why VAations known to. pleasure driv- tory, and that was the sixth shut- 390% i 175 01 oix_17 21 1 lis Indians tonight against the Standings. And they continued on Nowe i isn’ ? things grow in the summer, | ing spring. Out by % Braves pitcher, and PE Wilks (21 Dysak (3), Brazle 6) St. Paul Saints, providing the their merry way last night by He said yesterday he isn’t after 9s \. not sophomores x Shaw would just as soon vou Konstanty Wins & ble “Losing Pitcher. Lanier. Home Runs weatherman .doesn’t have other Sowning Louisville, 35 to 4. id Pesnras but he will “leave it THE “sabotaged” Sarafoff car i : : : a? cc incinnat “00 nian. Aone A etermined Columbus team !0 the drivers. is the same front-wheeler that : the young Notre| skip it but this is a laboratory The Phils’ winning run came in!¢ IicinnaY . 000 000 000— 0 2 0 ideas. sal cap : anens. (4 “1 3 » r0 8 ¢ i Sith pl TIE springy 3 You g foot-|in which death sits in with the the 10th inning when Eddie Pel- Be Perkowski (8) et Bick. The Tribe moves on to Minne- et and pace Banus ey, Wh eins a, Nowa and Clift Griflitn gualified last Yaar De I rm Taw scientists. Some 30 drivers have lagrini singled to score Eddie [10,814 Cooper. Losing pitcher—Fox apolis tomorrow and if Main is | , in the only other Associ- 8 year, d . and was bumped out of the start-

temperatures Saturday in South been killed since 1911, inaugura- Waitkus. Winning pitcher was Jim Welch, however, is planning {0/ing lineup.

0 unable to go tonight because of ___ ~. a i Zr go . : Bend. The Varsity and Old Timers ton year. |Konstanty, who had stifled a Pi Enfindeiphie 230 000 000 1— & 11_3 the lone be ready for Ta pitchers were unable to give his private pilot, Marv Jen- contends that the ingredients have scheduled another wrangle. hat was the year the rear rate rally in the ninth inning and amino, Koski Bitecernia: ‘Mesos! Kon. the tussle on the other side of the own the high flying Red kins, a chance to pass a driving were put into the fuel tank while

All-Americans Quarterback Vision mirror made its first ap- that was the first win for 1950's 5tanty (91 and Wilber. Birds who collected a total of 18

test in one of the Novis. Jenkins, the race car was in his garage at

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$ Timers. 8 - - lof th : Lopat and Berra £ 3 2a 6), agreement 1) Game time is 2:30 p. m. (CDT). Ly 3 _ {of those wild extra innings when |zuversk rs Soy ieprmon, Brissie 6), oo [E é Proceeds g0 to the scholarship FOUR-WHEEL brakes have they trotted six runs across the ron Horn Re Lopar. ing Pieter Crowds Are Poor {

Bobby Williams and Center Jerry Groom will lead the Old Timers. The field will be full of talent. Un-

pearance anywhere. Ray Har-|“most valuable player” {roun introduced it in his Marmon, league after three losses. a car long since defunct, and pre-|

in

Konstanty the Runs—Westlake, AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington . ‘e The Dodgers came from behind Detroit

Losing

river tomorrow. Last night's tilt was called off 7 othree hours before game Now? even before the rains came.

Pitcher—Muir, Home Sisler. =

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i : : Sima, Haynes (8) and Guerra; It rtunately for Frank Leahy, the sumably it helped him to win as to top the Cubs with a three-run hous nd Ginst S — i 4 majority of the stars will be Old he averaged 75.59 per hour. [rally in the sixth, Sima: Home Run-Souchoek. . © (had been threatening all day. so

fund of the Notre Dame Club of

N The A's came up with another C

been~standard equipment so longiplate in the 10th to most people must feel they came Browns.

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(10 Innings) beat the Philadelphia St

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ot DOL 6-3 12 The Saints have been playing] 000 100 010 0—2 7 2 to near-empty stands during this

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hits.

[son of Ab Jenkins, famous speed 16th and Delaware Sts.

FOR JUST COMING IN TO SEE THIS

UTSTANDING VALUE !! FOR MOTHER'S DAY

. Joseph Valley. Pax: | { Kellner, Scheib (9) stroth: . : : 3 $19.95 Bt P : x » {with the ' first car. Ralph De-| Eddie Lopat went the distance mire. rer: io, a ove current home stint and they did THE WESTERN Amateur golf Palma was the pioneer. He im- for the Yankees against Cleve- mire: Home Bons joing Pitcher —Over- not want another poor crowd.

PRICE

tourney in South Bend June 1824 may flex .more than its share

ported the idea from France -or

land to become the first Ameriwas it Italy?

in 1920. Up to then can League pitcher to win five

Boston at Chicago, postponed, rain. |

GAMES TODAY

| Indians’ Manager Don Gutte[ridge was willing to take the rest,

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$ scles) there were brakes only for r ames, 1 iti ug , i {hoping it would snap his Braves of muscles. Frank (muscles) : ear 2 mes. In addition, “Steady Ed AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ping it _anap av 22 KT. GOLD DECORATED Stranahan has indicated he may S. die” whacked his second homer (AIL Night Games) out of their batting slump. Near- Richly designed coramie plaques. &' show up. The balloon tire, a Firestone of the season with two men on INDIANAPOLIS at St. Paul. ly all averages have fallen off Baroque wall decorations or ash trays The simon-pures will need all creation, was used for the first and singled home two other runs conope Milwaukee during this trip.

: ; re/ ) ; a 95 the muscle they can get. That time in the 1925 race. jto lead his own support with five Louisville at Minneapolis. Gutteridge is hoping Main, who | f), wo ) PF bi é i 5 South Bend Couniry Club layout, Even -so knowing a driver as runs batted in. Boston Sr ETO0AN LEAGUE won over Milwaukee last Satur-! a Naluer ud ra r- “ta-tough- It bends like grandpa Tommy Milton, first two-timel Detroit won its third straight hhiadelphia av St. Louis. day-in going the route and giving after a fast rhumba. Lots of winner, doubted its practicability 8ame, Hal Newhouser pitching’ New York at Cleveland. up only six hits, will be able to! water holes, traps and mental for racing and declined to use it the seven-hit shutout over Wash- enemas SIoNAL LEAGUE take his mound turn tonight since . hazards. A gy exzetimentation ington for his second straight Chicago at Brooklyn. the southpaws are needed badly - s = = ut little Pete DePaolo was more Victory. Bt ter LS, BL NOW aor in the series with Minneapolis Pittsburgh Philadelph ! L apons, | OVERS A wag was discussing an ‘adventurous. ; At the®last minute jusburen ats iiiagsinaia { American Association short- he put the fat tires on his car and i Split $ 95 stop: won in 1Q1.13, first time a driver Li WY hE WELLS Pack 1 “The guy will never be a had gone faster than 100 miles Communist. Just can't go to per hour in the race. Lr the left.” Fine Replica of $500 Museum Piece . » » z " . i : yy nN : ; 2 in every respect but the price 7 Zink nation- MAYBE THE National Basket-1 IN 1940 the wide base wheei long wearing, ball Association is turning a new was unveiled for the first time. The design of Old World smart looking leaf. Olymp General Manager J. R. The importance of this change in AT TTT TY pay R (Babe) Kimbrough thinks so. construction is not readily ap- with famous make self {BRE $S:cAY “Babe” attended a recent league parent to fellows like you and ne starting movement. oll new 1951 meeting in New York and came but as a result today we have a at o price that defies ns, green ond home satisfied. “We're working sounder car with increased safety Lr checks, Every our problems out,” “Babe” said. and longer tire life. ;

and attrac-

come for a going over in July. car closer to ‘the road and the ’ That's one that could run for chemical compounds are such ' ~~ X87 months. Officiating like we saw more mileage can be expected. AT MURPHY S c Re last season shouldn't happen to a. Shaw told me: “I think this \ sports writer. new tire is the most important - \g

‘Even if we get only half of what we want, we'll be ahead.” Kimbrough said officiating will

Major Leaders

Firestone's coming out with another new tire for this year's race, It is designed to hold th»

forward step in the last 15 years. It has done a phenomenal job

Men's Oriental

here in tests. I predict it will Teheran Press add three or four miles to the NATIONAL LEAGUE record.” TN ti G AB R fi pet: The record for the full course ang 0 et — pt Elton Boston" "30 an 13 31 fo3 is 121.327 set by Bill Holland in Ay fisier, Plilageinhia .. 31 81 I$ 3} 431149, . Last year Johnny Parsons po APPR . ; K 22 § 9 2 36 D Ennis, Philadelphia 22 78 19 28 .35 hit 124.002 but the race was AMERICAN LEAGUE stopped after 345 miles because Bushy. Chlciko 9 A3 of rain. Drivers no longer fight Fain. Philadelphia 3 U 1 shy of innovations. - They'll all Base Galmaso 18 67 ; be using the new tire on DecoraRosen. Cleveland 18 170 tion Dav. HOME RUNS ’ ss .n" a Biider: Doasers 6 Joost lhl 3 1 WAS in the pit Tuesd r, Dodgers Joos hietics ) AS in epi uesday Patko, Cubs i Jense YAnKees z y Jethroe. Braves . 6 Williams Red Sox 5 when Chet Miller of Detroit Thomson, Glants 30" "40% ® wheeled in from a blazing warm- | ® Imported straw body proc- No Money Dow IN V » in his Novi Special, a low . PR BP y wh RUNS BATTED IV u prota essed with a weatherproof Pafko, Subs, 20 Zarills, White Sox H hung, blue and white job that re y Pp « Decorated in 22 KT gold Easy Weekly Terms boby. Indians is Robingon: Dodgers i has the sinister beauty of a jun- finish. It's WASHABLE! TE rvin, Giants lliott, ‘Braves 7 0 : . . Doerr, oa Gox ;; 18/pnott. Bra gle snake In Tepase Lap ad Just) @ 1" Solid color ribbon band. « Rich ceramic case = HITS ‘toafed along’ at. 132 miles per ’ wh TET RE Dark. Giants 32/Carrasquel. W. Sox 20 hour. ® Front pinch shape. roe Lung room mul wt lc LL IEE oo 3 Bose rofingin fig hill . " ta Sister, Bhitlies © 31 0% 3 At that, it was too damned | ® Genuine Roan leather sweat- i en RUNS fast for an old man” he hod en, a Lcees 3 Hodges. Dodgers, }2 laughed. . . Ee ‘ s 3 nomson riants : . nider, pers 19 Doby, “Indians 18 Miller, 48 and graying, may be ® Panama with black band. * Your Charge Ac- | ORDER BY MAIL mance with Ennis, Phillles .. 191 the oldest driver in the field ® Beige with brown band count Is Welcome | ROGERS JEWELERS v tone MEN'S AND BOYS' when the 33 cars with the fastest § : and Appreciated ot | 5~ Tiincls St. Indianapolis & Ina, qualifying "time rol. out to the Rogers. | Gentlemen: Enclosed ind $1 Q i ie i - ov ayr or ive: chreuits BASEBALL SHOES | starting line This is a mad | of ihe BKC Rand-decoraiea Eerie | A 4 ’ é f S§ ’ i Clock w 2 matching plaques for p selectivity, SILES 3 70 6 95 piloting these tiny. chariots from} | .2iy SISSE. 1 agres to paz tmiance | AND 6 70 12 hell, and men erowding 50 would : | | volume con- Durable—Extra vie th . . : Na i Motorola Good Cleats. seem ra er unsuited for it, 3 | Name .:...os0ivns Shree nntns Chaar bane | : Guaranteed! a Miller shrugged . . .""'You gotta ! = | Address .iiiane BN | ; . . : 01 3 Wray SCHIFF'S SHOES be crazy to like this Kirid of work, : | city I ere DOWN - and well, I like it. 2 er] W . a JIEWEI ERS " | SINNEWD. [ti ob B LILELER! | ror NEW ACCOUNTS: nt Plan B g ® 140 E. Wash, dditi | ) : | Where employed ’ . 3 ‘oak yeinne Senanatnans MR, Stores ® 346 W. Wash. Additiona Sports ; The Shopping Trend Is Toward Market & Illinois Sts. 1 STOR a ag2a 20RALH: BN ALLS $v. } ow Asma ener bs : : : 2 . © 1083 Virginia Pa es 34 35 ; i . ! ’ ) . ccounts at : i gi - : ; _ : : Hyd a Meh n banana "an i - t 5 ¢ : S — ) ied s . . 4 v _ ie oe 5 : 4 ; 5 3 - ; » & i 4 : . 4 - ”: =| = SESE ree i a == == 3 an re Ee sd 5 ax RRR RS RSE i RE - EE Fa > . ie RK. - ZA ’ iy - rei